OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

3500 DEFENSE PENTAGON

WASHINGTON, DC 20301-3500

 SUSTAINMENT

MEMORANDUM FOR DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE ACTIVITY ADDRESS

 DIRECTORY PROCESS REVIEW COMMITTEE 

SUBJECT: Approved Defense Logistics Management Standards Change 1427, Department of

 Defense Activity Address Directory Batch Update

The Defense Logistics Management Standards change, as outlined in the attachment, is 

approved for implementation. 

Addressees may direct questions to Richard Morrow, DoDAAD PRC Chair, e-mail: 

DoDAAD@dla.mil. Others must contact their designated PRC representative available at 

https://www.dla.mil/Defense-Data-Standards/Committees/Contacts/. 

Leigh E. Method, SES

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense 

for Logistics

Attachment:

As stated

cc:

OUSD(C)

DLA J6DS
Attachment, ADC 1427

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Approved Defense Logistics Management Standards Change 1427, 

Department of Defense Activity Address Directory Batch Update

1. ORIGINATING SERVICE/AGENCY AND POC INFORMATION: Defense Enterprise 

Data Standards Office (DEDSO), Richard Morrow, 571-527-6692, e-mail: DoDAAD@dla.mil.

2. REASON FOR CHANGE: 

a. Bottom Line Up-Front: There is a requirement for the Central Service Points (CSP) 

to perform mass updates of records in the Department of Defense Activity Address Directory 

(DoDAAD). This change allows CSPs to batch create or update Department of Defense Activity 

Address Codes (DoDAACs) in the DoDAAD.

b. Background: Changing DoDAAC records one at a time will still be the standard, but 

there is an existing need for a mass or global change. Currently, these bulk updates must be 

requested of Defense Automatic Addressing System (DAAS) on an individual basis, but this 

process bypasses system edits and too often leads to bad data loads into the DoDAAD. This 

change allows CSPs to directly submit mass or global changes through the DoDAAD update 

application using Microsoft® Excel® (Excel® used going forward) batch files.

3. CHANGE IN DETAIL: 

a. Technical Details: This change allows CSPs to create or update DoDAACs in the 

DoDAAD. It will be implemented like the existing batch delete function. Two buttons will be 

added below the existing “Run Batch Delete” (where red arrow is pointing in the below image).
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(1) The first button selects the Excel® file for update. For consistency, the name 

will appear as “Choose File.”

(2) The second button will execute the change and should be named “Run Batch 

Update.”

(3) The first step in the process is to use the query from enhanced Defense 

Automatic Addressing System Center Inquiry (eDAASINQ) to download either existing data to 

be updated or create the template for the Excel® input file.

(4) The first column in the Excel® file will always be “DODAAC” to indicate the 

DoDAAC to be created or updated. If a DoDAAC already exists, the row in the Excel® file will 

be used to update the DoDAAC and if the DoDAAC does not exist, the DoDAAC will be used to 

create a new DoDAAC.

(5) The column headers must match element names from the eDAASINQ

Excel® download file. If the column headers do not match an existing element name from the 

Excel® downloaded file, those columns will be ignored and appear on an error report generated 

during the submission process. The technical implementation is solely up to DAAS.

(6) The error report will report back any errors found: missing DoDAACs, 

missing element names, and invalid content. The edits for this error report will mirror the 

existing edits used by the DoDAAD update application. 

(7) The error report will be sent to two email addresses: 1) CSP submitting the 

request and 2) DoDAAD@dla.mil.

b. Revised Transaction Flow: N/A

4. IMPLEMENTATION TARGET: Authorized for immediate implementation by DAAS 

upon publication of the Approved Defense Logistics Management Standards (DLMS) Change 

(ADC). The following targeted deadlines are provided: 

a. DAAS: Target timeline for DAAS to implement this change is 90 days from the 

publication of the ADC. 

b. Services/Agencies: N/A

5. TECHNICAL IMPACT: 

a. Additions or Changes to Data Elements: N/A

b. Automated Information Systems (AIS): Only change is to DoDAAD update 

application at DAAS. 

c. Defense Automatic Addressing System (DAAS): Updates required to DoDAAD 

update application.
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6. PUBLICATION/POLICY IMPACT: 

a. Defense Logistics Manual (DLM) 4000.25: N/A

b. DoDAAD Update Application Standard Operating Procedures (SOP): This SOP 

will be updated after DAAS completes the programming change since implementation of the 

change is not known at this time.

c. Non-DLM 4000.25 Publications: N/A

7. ASSUMPTIONS: N/A

8. FINANCIAL IMPROVEMENT AND AUDIT REMEDIATION (FIAR), MATERIAL 

WEAKNESS, AND AUDIT-RELATED INFORMATION: N/A

a. Notices of Findings and Recommendations (NFR): N/A

b. Corrective Action Plan (CAP) References: N/A

c. Other FIAR, Material Weakness, and Audit-Related Information: N/A

9. END-TO-END TESTING REQUIREMENTS: N/A

10. REFERENCES: 

a. DLM 4000.25, Volume 6, Chapter 2, Department of Defense Activity Address 

Directory. 

b. DoDAAD Update Application Standard Operating Procedures.

11. PROPOSED DLMS CHANGE (PDC) 1427 RESPONSE/COMMENT RESOLUTION:

Component Response/Comment Disposition

1. DAAS Concur as written N/A

2. DCMA Concur as written N/A

3. DLA Concur as written N/A

4. US Air Force Concur as written N/A

5. US Army Concur as written N/A

6. USMC Concur as written N/A

7. US Navy Concur as written N/A

8. MPSA Concur as written N/A

9. USTRANSCOM Concur as written N/A

10. GSA Concur as written N/A